The End Is Only The Beginning...The end is just the beginning. I really believe this to be true in many ways, but for now I am talking about our sponsored child, Mek on Entoto Mountain. If you read my previous post about Meki (a few months back), you will remember that God had answered a ...

Living Ephesians 3:20Ephesians 3:19-20 says : To know this love that surpasses knowledge - that you may be filled to the measure of ALL the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do IMMEASURABLY more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work with...

Update On My Little MekFor those who still read my blog though I post rarely as of late, I wanted to shout it from the rooftops that MEK IS COMING TO THE STATES FOR HER HEART SURGERY!!!! Details to follow :) Thank you to all who prayed fervently for her!!! God heard our prayers ...

He Heals The Broken HeartedQuest: the act or insistence of seeking or pursuing something; a pursuit made in order to obtain something. Since returning from Ethiopia in July, I have been on a quest for one very important thing: a cardiothoracic surgeon to perform surgery on my preciou...

"God, Will You REALLY Heal The Broken Heart?"Insomnia. The inability to sleep. The lack of power to shut my brain off and allow my mind to rest. I can no longer blame it on jet lag as that has passed, but I know this is still due to travel because I brought a huge part of Ethiopia home with me. Her n...

Entoto Mountain...What A Difference A Year Makes!Let me take you back a year. It was the first week of July 2013 when I first met Endihnew, the founder of Endihnew's Hope . It was a chance meeting as he was interpreting for another friend of Ordinary Hero's. After he was finished, he told us a little abou...

Ethiopia - day 5...part 2 - Entoto MtnI think I can carry on from where I left off yesterday with my journaling now. My heart is ready for the lightness of today's post as the rest of day 5 was filled with joy, laughter, and a sense of peace. After finishing our home visits, we headed to the mo...

Ethiopia 2014 - day 5 - Shiro Meda and Entoto Mountain - Home VisitsToday was full in every aspect of the word. I don't even know how to begin. I have sat here wondering how to begin to journal this day and still there are no words that can capture it in its fullest other than "you had to be there." But since you weren't an...

Ethiopia 2014 - day four - Hope For the Hopeless - CountrySideToday we had a plan. Our plan was to go visit a new daycare in Shiro Meda which is at the base of Entoto Mountain, then head up the mountain and spend the remainder of the day there. However, God had other plans. We awoke to rain - heavy downpours so we had...

Ethiopia 2014 - day 3 part 2...Hope for the Hopeless Drop In CenterAfter we left our home visits in Korah and made the trek through the thick mud back to the vans, we headed out for a quick lunch and then straight over to an orphanage for street kids who have been abandoned. The name of the place is called Hope for the Ho...